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Tardigrade walking mechanics


Rockefeller Press Release: The physics behind a water bear's lumbering gait
Princeton Press Release: Tiny squishy water bears walk just like insects 500,000 times their size
Oxford Press Release: The physics behind a water bear's lumbering gait
Scientific American: Why tiny tardigrades walk like insects 500,000 times their size
CBC Quirks and Quarks: How watching water bears walk could help us make small and squishy robots
Smithsonian Magazine: Scientists discover tiny tardigrades trot around like insects
Futurity: Teeny water bear walk points to evolution mystery
LiveScience: Why tiny tardigrades walk like insects 500,000 times their size
CNet: Watch tardigrades take an adorable stroll on their stubby little legs
Gizmodo: Microscopic tardigrades walk like animals 500,000 times their size
Phys.org: The physics behind a water bear's lumbering gait
TechExplorist: Study found how the water bear evolved to walk
Cosmos Magazine: Watch a tardigrade go for a walk
Business Insider: Videos of tardigrades walking around reveal that these microscopic water bears rely on 'grappling hook' claws
IFL Science: Secrets Of how tardigrades strut revealed in new microscopic footage
Vice: Scientists captured footage of tardigrades walking around and it's adorable
Inverse Science: 8 reasons why tardigrades are the weirdest, most resilient animals
Daily Mail: Do the water bear walk! Microscopic footage reveals how 'indestructible' tardigrades have a gait similar to insects 500,000 times their size that changes to a 'gallop' on softer surfaces


Interfacial locomotion in geckos


Berkeley Press Release: Acrobatic geckos can even race on water's surface
Oxford Press Release: Study solves mystery of how geckos walk on water
Rockefeller Press Release: Study explains how geckos gracefully gallop on water
New Scientist: Geckos sprint across water on air bubbles they make with their legs
Nature Research Highlight: Geckos slap their feet and swish their tails to race over water
Science: Water speed record geckos
IOP Physics World: Geckos sprint on water using surface tension and body motion
New York Times: Geckos can run on water
ArsTechnica: Geckos' new superpower is running on water; now we know how they do it
PBS NewsHour How do Asian house geckos run on water? (video)
The Conversation UK: Geckos walk on water -- we filmed them to find out how
Phys.org: Acrobatic geckos, highly maneuverable on land and in the air, can also race on water
Science News: Here's how geckos (almost) walk on water
The Daily Californian: Gecko 'superheroes': UC Berkeley researchers discover that geckos can run on water
United Press International: Biophysicists measure how geckos glide across water
ABC News: Scientists have discovered a hidden talent of geckos
Daily Mail: Revealed: How geckos run across water


Bacterial flagellar motor


American Physical Society: Molecular motors make waves at APS March Meeting
Biological Physics + Physical Biology Series: Unraveling the mysteries of bacterial flagella (video)
American Physical Society: Award for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Research in Biological Physics
SIAM Connects: How tiny organisms move (video)


Slithering on flat surfaces


NYU Press Release: Snakes use friction and redistribution of their weight to slither on flat terrain
Georgia Tech Press Release: Study reveals how snakes slither on flat terrain
NSF ScienceNation: Secrets of slithering snakes (video)
National Geographic: How to be a snake: life in motion
NPR Science Friday: Secret to slithering is in the scales (audio)
New Scientist: Secret of snake slithering found in weights and scales
Phys.org: Snakes use friction and redistribution of their weight to slither on flat terrain
Science: Snakes on a pane
Futurity: Slithery science of snake movement
BBC News: Snake slips show slither secret
Telegraph UK: Snakes slither using friction hooks, find scientists